Dr. Geoff Kite is a research scientist at Canada's National
Hydrology Research Institute where he is developing macro-scale
hydrological models with particular emphasis on the use of satellite
data and linkages to atmospheric and oceanic models. He is also
actively researching the statistical properties of hydrometeorological
time series, in particular the levels of large lake systems having
worked on regulation plans for the Great Lakes and for Lake Victoria
in East Africa.

Dr. Kite has degrees from the University of Durham in England,
Colorado State University and the University of Ottawa, Canada.
He is presently consultant to the UN FAO, CIDA, IDRC and to several
Canadian hydroelectric utilities. He is the author of over 100
publications including several books. He currently resides in
Oxfordshire, England.